Pluton
A pluton in
geology is an
intrusive igneous rock body that crystallized from a
magma below the surface of the
Earth. Plutons include
batholiths,
dikes,
sills,
laccoliths,
lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, "pluton" usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills. Batholiths commonly are aggregations of plutons. The most common rock types in plutons are
granite,
granodiorite,
tonalite, and
quartz diorite.
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plutonic rock
Noun
1. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
(synonym) batholith, batholite, pluton
(hypernym) igneous rock
(hyponym) granite
plutonic rock
An intrusive rock formed inside the Earth.